The tropical oil crop revolution : food, feed, fuel, and forests /

The work provides a broad synthesis of the major supply and demand drivers of the dramatic expansion of oil crops in the tropics; its economic, social, and environmental impacts; and the future outlook to 2050. It is a comprehensive review of the oil crop sector with a major focus on oil palm and so...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Byerlee, Derek (Author), Falcon, Walter P., 1936- (Author), Naylor, Rosamond (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Oil industries > Tropics. Oilseed plants > Economic aspects > Tropics. Tropical plants > Economic aspects. Industries huilières > Régions tropicales. Plantes tropicales > Aspect économique. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General. Oil industries Oilseed plants > Economic aspects Tropics Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The many dimensions of the tropical oil crop revolution
Oil palm production and supply chains
Soybean production and supply chains in the tropics
Food demand for vegetable oils
Demand for oil meal for animal feed and the joint production of oil
Biodiesel: a source of growth and uncertainty in vegetable oil markets
Vegetable oil trade and markets
Contributions to growth, jobs, food security and smallholder development
Land use and the sustainability challenge
Conclusions: the future will not be like the past.